Author: Richard Vobes

Richard Vobes is traveling Great Britain seeking out its history, customs and traditions, presenting them in a fun filled informative series called the Bald Explorer. Richard is an award winning podcaster, videographer and actor based in Worthing, England. Follow +RichardVobes on Google+

This is an interview I did with Ian Perry from BBC Radio Shropshire on Friday 19th August this year. We were outside Lord Hill’s Column in Shrewsbury about to climb the dizzy heights. This was all part of the second Bald Explorer video that is looking about travel through history in Shropshire. Hope you enjoy […]

One of the most famous places in Shropshire has to be the magnificent Iron Bridge, designed by Thomas Pritchard and built by Abraham Darby. Harriet and I took a quick look at this and then headed off for a walk in the locality on a beautiful countryside walk. Download as Podcast. Photos Page

In this walk, Harriet and I popped out to Wenlock Edge in Shropshire on a lovely circular walk, taking in a pub and some home made beer. This is an audio adventure which you can either listen here or download as a podcast to listen later. Download as Podcast.

The weeks walking holiday on Dartmoor in Devon came and went all too quickly. My friend Harriet and I booked a cottage on the edge of the infamous National Park back in June and as the weeks and months crawled closer to that date our excitement and an anticipation grew higher and higher. As any […]

While shooting the second episode of the Bald Explorer I have had to do some very odd things, but certainly one of the most interesting has been clambering up Lord Hill’s Column in Shrewsbury and then yesterday, ascending the very cramped spiral stair case inside the old parish church of Myddle in order to shoot […]

The second episode of the Bald Explorer is now under way. The filming has commenced in Shropshire and this time I am looking at historic travel. With me to assist is my media student daughter Georgie, who just discovered she got an A for photography. Normally I work with Steve Pegram on these projects, but […]